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Putting Veterans on a Path to Careers
Public-private coalitions provide certification programs in skilled trades.
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You're Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places
Bad things can happen when you seek out like minds for advice.
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Why Alignment of Staff and Manager Satisfaction Scores Matter
If employees and bosses view your agency differently, it's harder to drive change.
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Technologies Designed to Save Time Are Helping Us Waste It
Time, for the most part, is barely tracked and sucked up by meetings and preparing for them.
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Leaders, Are You Betraying Your People?
When you upset the status quo you might have to upset your staff too.
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8 Reasons Small Teams Work Better
If your group can’t be fed with two pizzas, it’s probably too big.
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Is Multitasking Slowing You Down?
Pivoting between projects can be inefficient and demoralizing.
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The Complete Guide to Structuring Your Ideal Work Day
Here’s our take on a top-notch schedule to maximize your productivity and happiness.
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4 Ways the Workplace Has Become More Dangerous
Tips for preventing and handling threats and violence on the job.
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The Confidence Gap
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
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How 'Monsters, Inc.' Met Priority Goals
What agencies can learn from Pixar about effective progress reviews.
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The Best Measure of an Employee Is How Well She Mentors Others
What have you done for others lately?
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Our Cubicles, Ourselves: How the Modern Office Shapes American Life
How did we come to work in spaces that make us so miserable?
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3 Tips for Effective Interagency Collaboration
In the territorial push for resources, sharing can be a hard sell.
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What Turns a Perfectionist Into a Lunatic
Yelling might be a little more accepted in sports than in other workplaces, but a boss’s poor anger management can affect the performance of subordinates.
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You Can Now Reprogram Your Sleep Patterns With Your iPhone When You Travel
A new app can help you adjust to jet lag and a changing schedule much faster.
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Why Data Sharing Is the Future of Government
Communication across all levels of government will be key to effective operations and services.
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Adopting Best Practices Can Be a Bad Idea
Just because it worked somewhere else, doesn't mean it will work for your agency.
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